Spray Patterns AVA CARIDAD
Editorial Director
Swiss firm Givaudan recently opened
its newest state-of-the-art fragrance
production facility in Changzhou,
China. The facility, costing more than
CHF100 million ($112.9 million) and
constructed on a land area of 76,000
square meters, meets high global and
local standards in fragrance manufacturing,
including advanced environmental,
health and safety features,
according to the company. It will serve
customers in China and Asia Pacific.
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Aegean Teal Paint manufacturer Benjamin Moore has revealed its Color of the Year 2021
as Aegean Teal—“an intriguing blue-green that creates natural harmony and
invites us to reflect and reset.”
Meanwhile, over at The Pantone Color Institute, Ultimate Gray and
Illuminating (a yellow), have been designated Pantone Color of the Year 2021.
“Practical and rock solid, but at the same time warming and optimistic,
the union of Ultimate Gray and Illuminating is one of strength and positivity,”
noted Pantone. “It is a story of color that encapsulates deeper feelings
of thoughtfulness with the promise of something sunny and friendly.”
When it comes to taste, fragrance and flavor company Firmenich
announced Ginger and Yuzu as the two Flavors of the Year for 2021.
“Following an unprecedented year of uncertainty, they represent the
world’s collective desire for strength and optimism: two superhero-like qualities
characteristic of a super-root and a super-fruit,” explained the company.
Diversified CPC International VP of Operations Bill Frauenheim was a
featured guest speaker on four installments of a 13-chapter webinar series,
which presented critical information on the transportation of aerosol propellants
and safe storage and handling in the aerosol manufacturing facility
and aerosol laboratory. The webinar series was hosted by the Household
& Commercial Products Association (HCPA) and was based on its Aerosol
Propellants: Considerations for Effective Handling in the Aerosol Plant & Laboratory
(commonly referred to as the Propellant Safety Manual) that the organization
first published in 1979 and is now in its 4th edition.
Topics presented included Propellant Shipping & Receiving, Propellant Storage & Handling, Safety
Seminars and Mechanical Integrity Inspection Recommendations. The segments were also recorded
and are available to registrants at thehcpa.org.
In 2019, personal care marketer Mary Kay Inc. announced the company had partnered
with The Nature Conservancy to protect Texas fisheries and the Gulf of Mexico. Mary
Kay recently expanded this partnership to impact
waterways—and native species—the world over.
“Water is the most valuable resource on our
planet, and it’s essential that we do our part
to protect it, said Deborah Gibbins, Mary Kay
COO. “When we began scaling our partnership
with The Nature Conservancy last year, we
focused on the waterways surrounding our home
state of Texas. However, we’re a global company, and we knew the need for support
stretched far beyond the Gulf of Mexico. We’re thrilled to advance ecosystems and biodiversity
conservation globally.”Spray
Frauenheim
3M has announced that its TB Quat
Disinfectant Ready-to-Use Cleaner has
been approved
by the U.S.
Environmental
Protection Agency
(EPA) for
kill claims against
SARS-CoV-2, the virus
that causes COVID-19.
Third-party laboratory
testing of the spray
product confirmed the
disinfectant’s
efficacy against
the virus with
a 60-second
contact time
on hard,
non-porous
surfaces, said
3M.